Banal Story
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"Banal Story" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway included in his 1927 collection *Men Without Women*, noted for its experimental, metafictional narrative style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Banal Story canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2721879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Banal Story Context triple: [Men Without Women, hasPart, Banal Story]
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A.
A Strange Story
A Strange Story is an 1862 supernatural novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that blends occult themes with psychological and philosophical exploration.
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B.
Inside Story
Inside Story is a 1986 studio album by American singer and actress Grace Jones that blends pop, R&B, and experimental sounds, noted for its innovative production and introspective themes.
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C.
This Is My Story
This Is My Story is an autobiographical book by Eleanor Roosevelt recounting her early life, personal challenges, and path to public service and activism.
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D.
Stories That Matter
Stories That Matter is the guiding motto of the Peabody Awards, emphasizing their focus on honoring impactful and socially significant storytelling in media.
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E.
I Got a Story to Tell
"I Got a Story to Tell" is a narrative-driven hip hop track by The Notorious B.I.G. known for its vivid storytelling about a tense encounter involving a romantic affair and an NBA player.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Banal Story Target entity description: "Banal Story" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway included in his 1927 collection *Men Without Women*, noted for its experimental, metafictional narrative style.
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A.
A Strange Story
A Strange Story is an 1862 supernatural novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that blends occult themes with psychological and philosophical exploration.
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B.
Inside Story
Inside Story is a 1986 studio album by American singer and actress Grace Jones that blends pop, R&B, and experimental sounds, noted for its innovative production and introspective themes.
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C.
This Is My Story
This Is My Story is an autobiographical book by Eleanor Roosevelt recounting her early life, personal challenges, and path to public service and activism.
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D.
Stories That Matter
Stories That Matter is the guiding motto of the Peabody Awards, emphasizing their focus on honoring impactful and socially significant storytelling in media.
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E.
I Got a Story to Tell
"I Got a Story to Tell" is a narrative-driven hip hop track by The Notorious B.I.G. known for its vivid storytelling about a tense encounter involving a romantic affair and an NBA player.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 20th century ⓘ |
| collectionPublisher | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublishedInCollection | Men Without Women ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
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modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| hasMetafictionalElements | true ⓘ |
| includedIn | Men Without Women ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ernest Hemingway bibliography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | experimental ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | metafictional ⓘ |
| notedFor |
experimental narrative style
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metafictional narrative structure ⓘ |
| originalPublicationFormat | short story collection ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Banal Story Description of subject: "Banal Story" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway included in his 1927 collection *Men Without Women*, noted for its experimental, metafictional narrative style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.